Near mid-day a large Philly oil rumbles south past QR-104 on the elevated curve at Cementon on another steamy July day. Nice to see an "H2 MAC" up front of one of these rolling pipeline express ... (more)
Two former Conrail 8800's lead a short freight around the elevated curve at Cementon on a hot, steamy late morning after meeting Q161 at Coxsackie.
Yet another big Philly oil train rounds the open elevated curve towards Smith's Landing on a steamy hot July morning. Lead BNSF AC4400CW 5672 was involved in a minor wreck in Montana in 2011 and... (more)
The day was off to a good start when I left my home in Catskill and saw the 4848 rumble over the Catskill Trestle leading a big freight. A chase back to the 'curve' was in order.
One of the last intermodals out of Selkirk Yard before the daylight curfew rounds the open curve at Cementon after meeting a northbound Alcoa hopper train K531 at Alsen. Built just over a year a... (more)
On a bright spring morning, a colorful quartet of CP/DME/ICE SD40-2s drones around the elevated curve(dubbed "Schermerhorn's Curve" by some) along Route 9W for CP-102 with 82 ethanol loads. Thes... (more)
On a fine clear morning, engineer William Sternitzke throttles an extra section of Q268 on an open curve south for CP-102 after meeting empty autoracker Q271 at Alsen at CP-106. Getting a pai... (more)
Getting a decent shot of a freight in solid sun has been a frustrating challenge during the last few weeks in upstate NY. Stubborn low clouds have refused to budge over the region during this l... (more)
About to meet the Q-003 at Smith's Landing as it glides past an open cut along Route 9W. The two trailing GP38-2s will be dropped at Kingston for local C711/C712.
Werigh in the snow....Test in the snow
By sheer luck I was able to be at the right place at the right time for the 'swap' move with this old RS-3 Alco picking up some empties dropped by the Conrail Kingston local!
